Characterization of scatter radiation in Cone beam CT mammography

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 5745, Issue II, 2005, Pages 818-827

  Liu, Bob ^a,b   Glick, Stephen J ^a   Groiselle, Corinne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cone beam CT mammography; Monte Carlo simulation; Scatter to primary ratio

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; TISSUE;

BREAST IMAGING TECHNOLOGY; CONE BEAM CT MAMMOGRAPHY; IMAGE DISTANCE; SCATTER TO PRIMARY RATIO;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 23844507847     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.595396     Document Type: Conference Paper

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